Essays about: "Pronoun"

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1. 1. Subject-Verb Agreement Errors in Swedish 9th and 11th Grade Students’ English Written Production

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Maiko Tsukanaka; [2023]
   Keywords : Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Swedish Learner English Corpus SLEC ; Swedish-speaking learners of English; Error analysis; Subject-verb agreement; Transfer; Overgeneralization;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate possible factors contributing to subject-verb agreement errors in Swedish junior and senior high school students' English written production. The sample data is collected from the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC), which comprises student texts produced in a classroom setting. READ MORE

3. 2. An analysis of political discourse : First-person personal pronoun ‘I’ in Joe Biden’s speeches

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Dominika Stasz; [2023]
   Keywords : Represented ‘I’; Situated ‘I’; first-person pronoun; presidential speeches;

   Abstract : This study investigates the use of the first-person personal pronoun ‘I’ in political discourse and, more specifically, the functions of Represented ‘I’ and Situated ‘I’, including subcategories, present in Joe Biden’s speeches. A corpus was compiled, consisting of 12 speeches that brought up the topic of the war in Ukraine. READ MORE

4. 3. Reader Address and its Translation in a Gardening Guide : Pronouns, Modals and Imperatives

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Micaela Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Reader address; modal verb; imperative verb; pronoun you; second person pronoun; generic pronoun; translation;

   Abstract : This study examines the translation of three forms of reader address from English to Swedish in a gardening guidebook – the pronoun you as a second person reference and generic reference, modal verbs, and imperatives. The translation was made by the author of this study. READ MORE

5. 4. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Evelina Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Corpus linguistics; generic pronouns; neutralization; linguistic reforms; epicene; gender-neutral language;

   Abstract : This paper focuses on the use of English epicene pronouns in discourse which most individuals are exposed to on an everyday basis. Gender-based linguistic reforms have been implemented since the beginning of the 1970s, to achieve a more non-sexist language. READ MORE

6. 5. Processing Predicate NPs: An EEG study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Ann Hermansson; [2023]
   Keywords : pronoun resolution; agreement attraction; nominal predicates; EEG; ERPs; P600; anterior negativity; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Theories on discourse accessibility and givenness suggest that nominal discourse entities vary with regard to how likely they are to act as antecedents to anaphoric expressions. Many factors are thought to affect the accessibility of a nominal entity in the mental model, including its morphosyntactic form and grammatical role. READ MORE